The life of a teacher of English!

 Good afternoon mates,

I know it's been a long time since I last posted something here but these past 2 years have been crazy, Covid-19 came to stay and it has literally changed the way we live and work.

This time I want to talk to you about the life of teachers of English. Not about any teacher, I want to talk to you about the life of those teachers who travel the world for work. Teachers like me, for example. As you know I am Peruvian, I did my CELTA in Argentina and ended up working in Mexico, I am one of those many teachers who leave their home and travel trying to find a place to live and work. These are the teachers I want to talk to you about.

I have been a teacher for more than 22 years and in all this time I have worked with people from all over the world. Teachers from all the countries in the world who have come and gone, teachers who were hired for a year and then left after their contracts were finished. People who became teachers because that gave them a chance to travel the world and get to know people from different cultures.

For the last 5 years that I have been living and working in Monterrey, I was hired and brought to Mexico by International House Monterrey. I have met teachers who were also hired and brought to Mexico by the school, and then after a year contract most of these teachers just moved to a different country to go on with their lives. This is something that this just gives you, the possibility to travel all over the place and work in different cities. I don't think these is  another job that also gives you that option and that's the beauty of this, being able to travel the world and having the option of finding work whenever you go.

In this photograph you can see Ingrid (from Phillipines) who's now in England. You can also see Warren (from South Africa) and he's now in Korea. Gaby on the right who's from Monterrey and she's still here.

Some of the people in this photo are no longer living in Monterrey anymore. Joseph (from England) went to Canada, Alex (from Italy) and Thomas (from England) went to England. Anna (from Poland) is still living in Monterrey but no longer works for Intenational House.

TJ (from the USA) is still in Monterrey, Penny (from USA) is also here. Salvador and Paola are both from Mexico and they are also here.

In this photograph, all the teachers left Monterrey. Joel (from USA) is living in Turney right now and David and Stephen (both from England) went back to their country.

In this photo you can see TJ (from USA), Jonathan (from Jamaica) and Joel (from USA). This was the farewell dinner we had for Joel before he took off to Turkey. Jonathan is still living in Monterrey but he does not work for IH anymore.

These are just a few examples of the people I have met and are longer here in Monterrey. They finished their contract and left to live and work somewhere else. There are a lot more teachers I have worked with and are now in a different country. This is a characteristic of our type of job, one day you're here and the next you're somewhere else.

I do hope our paths meet again sometime in our lives and we can enjoy a couple of beers and talk about our adventures. Until then, take good care of yourselves and enjoy the trip.